Beginnings

We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and up-and-coming comedians, musicians, writers and artists about their earliest creative acts and about other formative childhood experiences.

On today's episode I talk to musician Will Fox. Born in Houston,
TX, and raised in London, Paris, and the American South, Will spent
his adolescence moving from country to country with his family.
Back stateside, destined to operate a historic gristmill in the
Shenandoah Valley, he instead moved to Los Angeles to become...

On today's episode I talk to musician Chris Cohen. Originally
from Los Angeles, Chris has been playing in bands since the early
2000s. He played with Deerhoof from Apple O' to The Runners Four,
as well as in bands like The Curtains and Cryptacize, as well as on
a number of Cass McCombs albums. As a solo artist, Chris...

On today's episode I talk to writer and comedian H. Alan Scott.
Based in Los Angeles, H. Alan has been writing and performing for
over a decade. He's appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Ellen, CNN,
Fusion and MTV and written for TV Land, VICE, Fusion, Out Magazine,
Newsweek and Nerdist. He's the subject of the...

On today's episode I talk to musician Anna Connolly. Originally
from Los Angeles, Anna grew up going to punk shows as a young
teenager, and when her family moved to DC in the 1980s, she and her
sister Cynthia became part of a small, nascent punk scene, which
later became what everyone knows as “DC punk rock.” Anna...

On today's episode I talk to Michael Collins AKA Drugdealer.
Originally from Boston, Michael much more identifies an an artist
rather than a musician, even though his music is quite wonderful.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 and began making music under
different drug pun monikers including Run DMT and Salvia
Plath,...

About the Podcast

We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and on-their-way-up comedians, musicians, writers, artists and thinkers about their earliest creative acts, their formative childhood experiences, and how they've developed both creatively and emotionally over the years. Beginnings is part therapy, part philosophy and almost all fascinating (95% according to FDA studies).